Blue chips slip but Tuju Setia holds firm on debut

KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips lost ground in early Wednesday trade, tracking the overnight fall on Wall Street and cautious key Asian markets but Main Market debutant Tuju Setia held firm.

At 9.25am, the FBM KLCI was down 4.8 points or 0.3% to 1,586.52. Turnover was 720.91 million shares valued at RM325.34mil. There were 375 losers to 167 gainers and 325 counters were unchanged.